Synonyms for antagonistic
ænˌtæg əˈnɪs tɪkan·tag·o·nis·tic

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1. antagonistic

   Synonyms:
   adverse, alienated, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlike

   Antonyms:
   accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed

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1. antagonistic

   Synonyms:
   adverse, opposing, inimical, hostile, repugnant, contrary

   Antonyms:
   favoring, aiding, harmonious, friendly, agreeable to

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1. antagonistic, counteradjective

   indicating opposition or resistance

   Synonyms:
   counter, antipathetic, incompatible, antipathetical

   Antonyms:
   conciliatory, placating, placative, propitiatory, conciliative, interactive, appeasing(a), compatible, neutral, placatory, positive, soft, synergistic, amicable, propitiative, pacific

2. antagonistic, antipathetic, antipatheticaladjective

   characterized by antagonism or antipathy

   "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"

   Synonyms:
   loth(p), incompatible, indisposed(p), loath(p), averse(p), antipathetic, antipathetical, counter

   Antonyms:
   placatory, interactive, conciliatory, placating, propitiatory, appeasing(a), conciliative, neutral, synergistic, propitiative, placative, soft, compatible, pacific, positive, amicable

3. antagonisticadjective

   arousing animosity or hostility

   "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States"

   Synonyms:
   counter, antipathetic, incompatible, antipathetical

   Antonyms:
   conciliative, soft, conciliatory, amicable, placatory, appeasing(a), positive, pacific, interactive, synergistic, neutral, propitiatory, placating, propitiative, compatible, placative

4. antagonistic, incompatibleadjective

   used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

   Synonyms:
   out or keeping(p), uncongenial, ill-sorted, incompatible, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, discrepant, mismated, antipathetic, antipathetical, counter, contrastive

   Antonyms:
   placatory, positive, propitiatory, placative, neutral, amicable, appeasing(a), compatible, placating, conciliative, propitiative, interactive, synergistic, pacific, conciliatory, soft

5. antagonisticadjective

   incapable of harmonious association

   Synonyms:
   counter, antipathetic, incompatible, antipathetical

   Antonyms:
   conciliative, conciliatory, amicable, soft, positive, placatory, placative, interactive, placating, compatible, appeasing(a), synergistic, propitiatory, neutral, propitiative, pacific

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1. ego-dystonic

   it is freudian. an addiction must become ego dystonic before one decides to abandon it.

   smoking becomes ego dystonic for maybe a long while before it feels necessary to abandon it.

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

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1. antagonisticadjective

   Synonyms:
   opposing, adverse, opposite, hostile, inimical

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1. antagonisticadjective

   Synonyms:
   contradictory, repugnant, conflicting, renitent, adverse

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1. List of paraphrases for "antagonistic":

   antagonist, hostile, antagonism, confrontational, adversarial, conflicting

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How to use antagonistic in a sentence?

1. Rafael Grossi:

   This would for me mean that we would be in a very ... antagonistic relationship where basically one side would be resisting and then I as DG would need to be putting deadlines.

2. Justin Onuekwusi:

   Of course, it doesn't help that almost as a prelude to the conversation you get tweets that are quite antagonistic.

3. Justin Onuekwusi:

   Trade talks have finished without an agreement, of course, it doesn't help that almost as a prelude to the conversation you get tweets that are quite antagonistic.

4. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall:

   Because he isn't arguing with allies about policy. He's questioning the fundamental value of NATO to the United States. This antagonistic approach is generating an unprecedented debate in Europe and in Canada about whether the United States should be treated as friend or foe.

5. John Patrick Lee:

   I don’t think this is a fad, it is a generational shift in how people think about investing their money, a retail trader will not lean on Wall Street to manage their money and I definitely now see an antagonistic relationship between the old guard (Wall Street) and individual traders who are on the rise.